By the way, Clabo draws lines of distinction on who is playing well up front for Miami. Good? Richie Incognito and Mike Pouncey.

"Obviously Richie and Mike are pretty good football players," Clabo said. "In my opinion, the rest of us are just trying to catch up, to play at their level. The bar is really high for us right now. I think we can get there."

And this:

"They [Incognito and Pouncey] are really talented but they do a good job, they do pretty much what they're supposed to do pretty much on every play. Physically, they don't get beat often. You're a competitor so you see that and, man, you want to do that."

Ritchie is an animal, and has really done a great job turning it around. I mean this is a guy who was one f up away from possibly never playing again, and now he is looked at as a vet leader on a young team.

Its great to hear that he and Pouncey bonded and are the two guys the rest look at.

Hopefully Dallas Thomas improves enough by the end of the season to be a decent starter next season at either LG or RT, or else we'll have to use 2 high draft picks on O-linemen if both Incognito and Clabo leave via free agency.